Tunxis State Forest is a
state forest
A state forest or national forest is a forest that is administered or protected by some agency of a sovereign or federated state, or territory.
Background
The precise application of the terms vary by jurisdiction. For example:
* In Australia, a ...
located in the
towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Hartland,
Barkhamsted, and
Granby in
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
, United States. The forest surrounds
Barkhamsted Reservoir
Barkhamsted ( ) is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It contains seven villages: West Hill, Mallory, Barkhamsted Center, Center Hill, Washington Hill, Pleasant Valley, and Riverton. The population was 3,647 at the 2020 ce ...
and borders the
Granville State Forest
Granville State Forest is a Massachusetts state park located in the towns of Granville and Tolland in the southern Berkshire Hills along the state's southern border with Connecticut. The park is managed by the Department of Conservation and Rec ...
in
Massachusetts
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.
[ The forest is used for hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, fishing, hunting, and letterboxing. Several trails cross the forest, including the northern end of the blue-blazed ]Tunxis Trail
The Tunxis Trail is a '' Blue-Blazed'' hiking trail "system" that traverses the western ridge of the central Connecticut Valley. The mainline (official "Blue" and "non-dot") trail is not completely contiguous, notably there are two gaps of seve ...
.[
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References
Further reading
Tunxis Mainline Trail
Connecticut Museum Quest
External links
Tunxis State Forest
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
{{Protected Areas of Connecticut
1923 establishments in Connecticut
Barkhamsted, Connecticut
Connecticut state forests
Granby, Connecticut
Hartland, Connecticut
Parks in Hartford County, Connecticut
Protected areas established in 1923